double taxation

double taxation definition - finance
A situation that occurs when corporations issue dividends, which they cannot deduct from their income. Shareholders receiving the dividends have to pay tax, resulting in so-called double-taxation of dividends.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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